19525. Adulteration of   slab   prunes.    U.   S.   v.   137  Boxes   of   Slab   Prunes.
Decree'of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
27795.    I. S. No. 43143.    S. No. 5896.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of slab prunes, 
samples of which were found to be wormy, decomposed, and filthy.
On February 27, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 137 boxes of slab prunes, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 19, 1932, by 
Rosenberg Bros. & Co., from San Francisco, Calif., to Philadelphia, Pa., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " E-Z Slab Prunes    *    *    *    California Slab Prunes."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On May 24, 1932, the seizure being uncontested by the sole intervener, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENEY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.